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Pound Fall

waterfall · Dumfries and Galloway

Old EnglishAI-generated

Pound Fall is likely an Old English name for a waterfall. 'Pound' could refer to an enclosure or a place where something is kept, possibly related to a mill pond.

Word origins

Pound
Old Englishenclosure, pond(from pund "enclosure, pound")
Fall
Old Englishwaterfall(from feallan "to fall")